People of the Colony - The Women in Black
- Nick Terrell
The Women in Black by Madeleine St John.
Text, 242 pp, Au$32.95.
There is no shortage of superlatives littered throughout the endorsements and publicity accompanying Text’s reprinting of Madeleine St John’s 1993 novel The Women in Black. Testimonials from St John’s Sydney University contemporaries, such as Clive James and Bruce Beresford, are gathered alongside glowing praise from leading female writers (Helen Garner, Hilary Mantel, Joan London). Read more
“Come to me” - Paula Rego beckons Jane Eyre
- Nick Terrell
“Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting…” - Jane Eyre
Paula Rego has repeatedly drawn on evocative and well-loved stories as inspiration for her paintings, her large pastel works and her printmaking. She has interpreted Peter Pan, Red Riding Hood and most of Mother Goose and has also produced pictures in response to adult works such as Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’, Benito Pérez Galdós’ Misericordia, Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman and The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. Read more